Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!) Government delegation, as a next step possibility. This is an effort to create a voluntary project between the publishers and the Trusted Intermediaries. What don’t I have a problem with at this point?

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Anuja More Senior Consultant I am a seasoned Senior Salesforce Consultant with a decade of expertise in both Salesforce and non-Salesforce projects. This approach is a lesson I’ve inherited from my grandparents, who, when faced with problems, would mock the issues and find humor in them. ” We Are Hiring!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. ” with Jacob Harold , Guidestar; Robert Kirkpatrick , UN Global Pulse; Mayur Patel , Knight Foundation. Global Pulse @rgkirkpatrick.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Think about that for a moment — we have over 300 consulting and product partners that are serving thousands of organizations and institutions globally. OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Do we recognize the signs of these problems? Don’t Configure Technology, Configure Its Users.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2009

Bill Gates, in his recent famous mosquito-releasing speech , talked about the economic impact of the burden of disease: for example, the 200 million people who are sick with malaria at any given time aren't able to contribute, solve problems, get educated, or help make the world a better and safer place. The Global Health area on change.org.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2022

Climate anxiety is seriously affecting our youth: In a recent global survey of 10,000 young people aged 16–25, 59% were very or extremely worried about climate change, and 83% said they think people have failed to take care of the planet.

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JULY 19, 2023

Grants are a fundamental source of revenue for growing organizations to accomplish large projects and receive financial support outside of individual donations. While there are many types of grants your organization can apply for, there are three main sources of funding for these grants: the government, corporations, and foundations.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

These new UN Sustainable Development Goals are the de facto agenda for global philanthropy, and they have a new dimension: technology targets to enable implementation. Governments, foundations, and charities learned a good deal from working to implement the previous UN goals. Image : United Nations and Project Everyone / CC BY-SA.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. Leonard Library.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2010

As a capacity-building organization for the global nonprofit and social benefit sector, we at TechSoup are very conscious of the need to understand and work within different cultural contexts for philanthropy. They tend to focus on curing symptoms (giving money to those in need) rather than solving social problems. read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

AI4Good is a somewhat new field that sits at the intersection of big tech companies and the world’s biggest problems. There are also research reports , events, fellowships, and bootcamps , and an annual AI4Good Global Summit. Most projects require partnerships to access both technical ability and sector expertise.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

"(T)o provide a platform for understanding, visualizing and analyzing global energy systems that will help the world accelerate the transition to cheap clean energy for all." Global Energy Observatory ? s focused on an important problem ? See Thomas Friedman? We think GEO should be funded because: it?s We think it?s

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

"(T)o provide a platform for understanding, visualizing and analyzing global energy systems that will help the world accelerate the transition to cheap clean energy for all.". There has been a rising consensus that we need to transform our global energy system to reduce energy usage and to shift to less carbon intensive energy sources.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Big Data and Global Development. It was originally published on NetSquared.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

The article featured Malaria No More, and their vision of the project’s work: to end Malaria. We have thought of this more as a project than as an institution-building exercise, and the project is nearing its completion.”. We’ve done step 1: admitted that we have a problem. Read the full article. ].

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

The Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities (BRIDGE) is a new collaborative project that aims to revolutionize information sharing, in order to better understand the flows of philanthropic dollars and enhance transparency and effectiveness in the global social sector. Read on to learn more about the project.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

When there's no transparency and accountability in government, citizens feel powerless and deceived by the politicians that represent them. The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Based on the number of votes, seven projects from each country were chosen.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor. of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. The need for open data from NGOs is reiterated, while the way philanthropy has promoted the global Open Government Partnership is explained. How NGOs Are Using Data Maps to Communicate Problems.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

The Bookshare story Bookshare is a real example of the confluence of how all of these exciting developments were able to drive an innovative new way of addressing a social problem, and demonstrating the potential of what ebooks can do. For me, it started in late 1999 noticing a new icon on our home PC. Senate just ratified the Treaty!

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Financial reports since 2019 may show these trends flipping, but either way, a global push to sustainability and green goals puts LEED in a clear advantage over the long run. Governments and contracts provided the next biggest amount of 16% to total revenue. There are also fees to get any space LEED-certified.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2013

This map is one of a series of 80 global maps describing the state of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine habitats. It is the result of a collaborative data and data visualization project undertaken by the Nature Conservancy scientists, working with governments, scientists and conservation organizations around the world.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

In a recent blog post , in which our nonprofit, TechSoup, advocated for Net Neutrality, there were several responses that have an interestingly identical structure: (a) Government should stay out of the Internet; (b) There are technical issues involved that TechSoup does not understand; and. (c)

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BoardAssist

JULY 12, 2016

by contract, program, or project) before or during the early stages of the crisis. Trustees took too long to realize that there was a problem and then delayed taking action even after they had decided it was necessary. a Medicaid audit). Trustees did not get timely, actionable information at the appropriate level of detail (i.e.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Majora realized that creating green projects and jobs empowers communities to see themselves in a different light, and that beautiful things happen in neighborhoods where people feel invested in their own economic and environmental well being.

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DECEMBER 11, 2007

The goal with this project is to engage US citizens during this election year on issues of global development. The main point of the project is to convey to Americans that “what happens here, matters there&# or as the tag line of campaign says “Our Choices, Others’ Lives.&#

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

AI was founded in 1961 on the inspiration of British lawyer Peter Benenson, whose article “The Forgotten Prisoners” launched the first Prisoners of Conscience campaign, which ignited overwhelming global support and marked the birth of AI.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

Written by Daniel Ben-Horin, Founder and Chief Instigator, TechSoup Global. The Problem. In sum, illegal dumping can be seen as a kind of metaphor for the lack of social responsibility that stands in the way of addressing a range of problems. At its most basic level, you photograph the dump and post a pin on a global Trash Map.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. PADI AWARE Community Grants are open to fund projects that align with PADI’s Blueprint for Ocean Action particularly for coral reef restoration, climate resiliency, and Marine Protected Areas. Areas served: US.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Before taking the steps to start a nonprofit, ask yourself these questions: What need or problem will the nonprofit address? The answer could be “both.”

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Top e-Learning Trends to Keep an Eye on in 2024 GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - The global eLearning market was worth $190 billion in 2020. Senior officials in charge of such training programs can impart their knowledge on various facets of ongoing projects to promote deeper learning. during the forecast period. billion by 2027.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Top e-Learning Trends to Keep an Eye on in 2024 GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - The global eLearning market was worth $190 billion in 2020. Senior officials in charge of such training programs can impart their knowledge on various facets of ongoing projects to promote deeper learning. during the forecast period. billion by 2027.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2023

Top e-Learning Trends to Keep an Eye on in 2024 Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems The global eLearning market was worth $190 billion in 2020. Senior officials in charge of such training programs can impart their knowledge on various facets of ongoing projects to promote deeper learning.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects. There are many different types of hackathons: from company hackathons (such as Facebook's All-Night Hackathon ) to government improvement hackathons (like #HackWeTrust.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact. Teri Behrens, Director of Special Projects and Editor-in-Chief of The Foundation Review , Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Casey Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact. Teri Behrens, Director of Special Projects and Editor-in-Chief of The Foundation Review , Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Casey Foundation.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

A TechSoup Global project, #NPTechChat is a monthly Twitter-chat series for social change activists that reduces barriers and increases impact by using technology around the globe. Sheila Warren, general counsel, NGOsource/Techsoup Global; @sheila_warren. Join Our Experts at the Next #NPTechChat.

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